Business guru Peter Drucker famously wrote, “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” American medicine often responds to modern challenges by adding more people, more processes and more layers onto outdated systems. This month’s survey asks a different question: Which legacy practices are most overdue for replacement?
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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest physician group. He’s a Forbes contributor, bestselling author, Stanford University professor, and host of two healthcare podcasts. Check out Pearl’s newest book, ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine with all profits going to Doctors Without Borders.
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